Verbenaceae
Carolina vervain
Verbena carolina
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Verbena
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Carolina vervain
- nah
- Chilpunxiuit
Synonyms
- Styleurodon carolinianus (L.) Raf.
- Verbena biserrata Kunth
- Verbena carolina f. hirsuta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moldenke
- Verbena carolina f. recta Loes.
- Verbena carolina var. hirsuta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moldenke
- Verbena carolina var. polystachya Loes.
- Verbena carolina var. recta Loes.
- Verbena caroliniana L.
- Verbena caroliniana f. polystachya (Kunth) Loes.
- Verbena caroliniana f. recta Loes.
- Verbena caroliniana var. polystachya (Kunth) Loes.
- Verbena caroliniana var. recta Loes.
- Verbena ehrenbergiana var. richardsonii Moldenke
- Verbena hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti
- Verbena mollis M.Martens & Galeotti
- Verbena pauciflora Walp.
- Verbena paucifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
- Verbena polystachya Kunth
- Verbena veronicifolia Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Muñoz-Amezcua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.